| Description |
1 volume unpaged : color illustrations ; 28 x 31 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Children's Book Council of Australia awards 2014
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| Summary |
RULES OF SUMMER, is a deceptively simple story about two boys, one older and one younger, and the kind of 'rules' that might govern any relationship between close friends or siblings. Rules that are often so strange or arbitrary, they seem impossible to understand from the outside. Yet through each exquisite illustration of this nearly wordless narrative, we can enjoy wandering around an emotional landscape that is oddly familiar to us all. Shaun Tan draws upon his own personal experiences with a surreal snapshot of fishing adventures with his older brother, leaving a sock on the clothes line, and buildings inspired by Brunswick and greater Melbourne. As you venture deep into the story, these poetic images become darker, more mysterious and unsettling, drawing towards a redemptive ending that affirms the depth of true friendship, a bond that is equally wonderful and inexplicable |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Australian fiction |
| Notes |
Author is W.A. born |
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Children's Book Week 2014 - Shortlist - Picture book |
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Each copy has an ownership sticker on the title page which is signed by the author |
| Audience |
For children |
| Notes |
Shaun Tan s award-winning books include the highly acclaimed wordless novel THE ARRIVAL, THE LOST THING, THE RED TREE, THE RABBITS and TALES FROM OUTER SUBURBIA. In 2011, Shaun won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, shared an Academy Award for his work on the animated short film version of his book THE LOST THING, and was presented with the Dromkeen Medal for services to children s literature in Australia. Shaun has also worked as a theatre designer, as a concept artist for the films Horton Hears a Who and Pixar s WALL-E and as an animator on the Academy Award-winning short film adapted from his book THE LOST THING. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and have won many prizes both in Australia and internationally |
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Children's book of the year award: Picture book, 2014 |
| Subject |
Australian fiction.
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Boys -- Juvenile fiction.
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Boys -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
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Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Brothers -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
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Brothers -- Pictorial works.
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Children's literature, Australian.
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Children's stories -- Pictorial works.
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Children's stories.
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Conduct of life -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
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Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
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Friendship -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
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Friendship -- Pictorial works.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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Friendship.
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Imagination -- Juvenile fiction.
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Picture books -- Pictorial works.
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Picture books -- Australia -- Pictorial works.
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Picture books -- Australia.
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Play -- Juvenile fiction.
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Rules (Philosophy) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Rules (Philosophy) -- Fiction.
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Summer -- Juvenile fiction.
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Summer -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
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Summer -- Pictorial works.
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Summer -- Fiction.
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Fantasy.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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Imagination -- Fiction.
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Play -- Fiction.
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Summer -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Pictorial works http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272 -- Juvenile fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
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| Genre/Form |
Novels.
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Picture books.
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Fiction.
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Illustrated works.
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| LC no. |
2013456560 |
| ISBN |
9780734410672 (hardback) |
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